Lunar Herobands, Heroes, and Anti-heroes
The Lunar Empire is a vibrant and dynamic empire of numerous different peoples, leagues, associations and gatherings, and its heroes are shaped by their social interactions, from the intrigue and debauchery of Moonson’s Court to the day-to-day jokes and negotiations of the bazaar.
This book is built around the Immanent Action Liberation, a mighty political alliance committed to spreading the Lunar Way abroad and strengthening its political role and religious voice at home. The leagues and organizations within this alliance range from conspiratorial cabals of schemers to rough-edged military units, from canny merchants to open-handed missionaries.
Thirteen of these organizations are detailed here, including the sword-dancing Cossacks of the Varzum Paragons, the dog-soldiers of the Turzah Hounders and the Lorelords of Ershkintu, with their dwarf-forged underground scoutship. Each is fully detailed, and comes with its own story seeds, adventure outlines and background information to allow it to be integrated into games set anywhere in Glorantha.
The book also contains fourteen narrator-characters working for, with or sometimes against the Association. They range from an honorable judge whose investigations may uncover the Association’s darkest secret, to a three-quarters mad duck assassin and a trading magnate with murderous ambitions. Each is fully detailed and again twinned with narrator’s advice and information to maximize their use to any game.
These organizations and individuals can be allies, enemies or patrons of the player-heroes. They also each illustrate something about the complexity of Imperial life and be used as they are or simply for inspiration as part of the backdrop for games in the Empire.
Details
- By Mark Galeotti
- With : Ian Cooper, Maddy Eid, Martin Hawley, John Hughes, Philippa Hughes, Paul King, Jeff Kyer, Martin Laurie, Kevin McDonald, Newt Newport, Wesley Quadros, Roderick Robertson, Stewart Stansfield, and Ray Turney.
- Cover Art: Dan Barker. Copyright © 2007 by Dan Barker
- Art Director: Simon Bray
- Interior Illustrations by: Simon Bray, Dario Corallo, Sarah Evans, Juha Harju, Manoel Magalhaes, Regis Moulun, Duck Nicolson, Darran Sims, Hiroki Tomoyuki, Keiko Yamato, and Yoshihide Yano.
- Copy Editing: Jeff Edman
- Layout: Rick Meints
- Publication: ISS1306
- First Printing June 2007
- ISBN 978-0-9777853-0-8
- $17.95
- 82 pages, standard format
- Published by Moon Design
Contents
- Introduction
- How to Use this Book
- The Immanent Action
- Liberation
- Hero Bands
- The Bloodstorm Bandwa
- The Errandite Apostles
- The Goddess Index
- The Hounds of Penitence
- The Imperial Antiquarian Society
- The Lorelords of Ershkintu
- The Lunar Law League
- The Moonbow Brotherhood
- The Sapphire Ring
- The Shaven-Necked Sodality
- The Turzah Hounders
- The Varzum Paragons
- The Whole Spring Dancers
- Heroes and Anti-Heroes
- Aris DarInyer
- Vituperatus Viper
- The Hoarse Whisperer
- Bellok-yan the Finder
- Sergeat Birrikkal
- Dyzander of Utheneos
- The Lady in Red
- Molia Moonflow & Cae Thundermoon
- Ohenkash Twice-Maned
- OmKaraxos the Polymath
- Rufelzo Redwheel
- Thrice-Befavored Larresh
- Turiladevno VenEtyries EelAriash
- Ysgrin the Southerner
- Index
Related Pages
- HeroQuest 1 Support
- ISS1001 – HeroQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha (2003)
- ISS1002 Hero’s Book – Playing HeroQuest (2003)
- ISS1302 Imperial Lunar Handbook – Volume 1 – The Lunar Empire (2003)
- ISS1303 Masters of Luck and Death (2004)
- ISS1304 Lunar Handbook Vol 2 – Under the Red Moon (2006)
- ISS1305 Men of the Sea (2004)
- ISS1307 Blood Over Gold: The Trader Princes of Maniria (2007)
- ISS1403 Sartar Rising: Gathering Thunder (2004)
- ISS1404 Sartar Rising: Dragonrise
- ISS1501 Orlanthi Narrator’s Kit
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